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CHAPTER XXXL— The Rodents,— Order Rodentia. 



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General Characteristics of the Order— Teeth— Mouth— Distribution and Habits— African 

 Flying Squirrels (Anomaluridte)— The Squirrel Family (Sciurida) — Groove-Toothed 

 Squirrel (Rhithrosciurus) — Spiny Squirrels (Xer us) — True Squirrels(ScMtrus) — European 

 Squirrels — Distribution — North American Squirrels — Oriental Squirrels — Ground- 

 Squirrels, or Chipmunks (Tamias) — Susliks, or Gophers (Spermophilus) — Prairie- 

 Mat mots (Oynomys) — True Marmots (Arctomys) — Distribution— Old World Species — 

 American Species — Allied Extinct Rodents— Flying Squirrels— Lesser Flying Squirrels 

 (Sciuropterus)— Distribution and Habits— Larger Flying Squirrels (Pteromys)— Woolly 

 Flying Squirrel (Eupetaurus) — Pigmy Squirrels (Nannosciurus) — The Sewellels 

 (Eaplodontidx) — Common Sewellel (Haplodon)— Californian Sewellel — The Beavers 

 (Castoridce) — European and American S J r) — Distribution of the European 



Beaver — Range of the American Species— Habits — Uses and Trapping of Beavers — 

 Extinct Beavers, .......... 65 



CHAPTER XXXIL— Rodents,— contini 



The Mocse-Like Rodexts. — The Dormice (Myoxidce) — Common Dormouse (Mmcardinus) — 

 Squirrel-Tailed and Garden Dormice (Myoxus) — Tree-Dormouse— Extinct Dormice 

 — Jumping Mice and Jerboas (Dipodida) — The Jumping Mouse (Zapus) — The 

 Five-Toed Jerboas — Kirghiz Jerboa (Ahu-taga) — Afghan Jerboa — Yarkand Jerboa 

 (Ewchoretes) — Broad -Tailed Jerboas (PI <■<) — Three -Toed, or True Jerboas 



(Dipus) — Habits of Egyptian Jerboa — African Jumping Hare (Pedetes) — The 

 Sminthus (Sminthus) — The Mouse Tribe (Muridrn) — Australian Water -Rat 

 (Hydromys) — Queensland Rat (Xeromys) — Malabar Spiny Mouse (Platacanthomys)— 

 The Gerbils (GerbUlvs) — Philippine Rat (Phlasomys) — Hamsters and White-Footed 

 Mice (Oricetus) — Common Hamster and Its Habit — Species of White-Footed Mice — 

 The Fish-Eating Rat (Ichthyomys) — Grooved-Toothed Mice (Bhtihtodontomys and 

 Hhithrodon) — Wood-Rat- (Neotoma) — African Crested Rat (Lophiomys) — The Yoles 

 (J/iVrafMs)— Water- Yole— Short-Tailed Field-Vole— Bank-Vole- Alpine Vole— Other 

 Species — Lemmings (Myodes) — Banded Lemming (Ouniculus) — Musquash (Fiber) — 

 Mole-Like Yoles (EUobius and Siphneus) — Rats and Mice (Mus) — Brown Rat — Black 

 Rat — House-Mouse — Long-Tailed Field- Mouse — Harvi -t - Mouse — Other Species — 

 Bandicoot Rats (Xisocia) — Bush-Rat (G da) — Spiny Mice (Acomys) — Jerboa-Rats 

 (Hapalotis) — Lichtenstein's Rat (Mastacomys) — Mole-Rat dee) — Great Mole-Rat 



(SpaJax) — Bamboo-Rats (Eh i— Cape Mole-Rats (Bathyergus) — Naked Sand-Rats 



(Heterocephahis) — American Pouched Rats (Geomytdce) — Pocket - Gopher (Geomys) — 

 Northern Pocket-Gopher (27 -Kangaroo -Rats (/ i — Pocket-Mice 



(Perognathus and Heteron ........ 104 



CHAPTER XXX1IL— Rodexts.- 



The Porctpixe-Like Rodexts. — General Character^ of the Group — The Octodont Tube 

 (Ododontidce) — The Gundi (Ctenodactylus) — The Degu (Octodon) — The Tucotucos 

 (Ctenomys) — The Coypu (Myopotamus) — The Hutias (Capromys — Plagiodon — The 

 Cane-Rat (Aulacodus) — Other Genera — The Porcupines (Hystricida) — Canadian Porcu- 

 pine (Erethizon) — Tree-Porcupines (Synethcres)— Brazilian and Mexican Species — Thin- 

 Spined Porcupine (Ch&tomys)— True Porcupines (Hystrix) — Brush-Tailed Porcupines 

 (Atlu rwa)— Giinther's Porcupine (Trichys)— Chinchillas and Viscachas (Chinchillidce) 

 — True Chinchillas (Chinchilla) — Common Species— Short-Tailed Species— Cuvier's 

 Chinchilla (Lagidium) — The Viscacha (L^osfomiw)— Description of a Yiscachera — 

 Agutis and Pacas (Dasyprodidce) — The Argutis (Dasyprocta) — Common Species — Aguchi 

 — The Pacas (Ccelogenys) — Branick's Paea (Dinomys) — The Cavies (Caviidai) — True 

 Cavies (Cavia) — Restless Cavy— Cutler's Cavy — Guinea-Pig — Bolivian Cavy — Rock- 

 Cavy — Patagonian Cavy (Doliehotis) — Carpincho, or Capivara (Hydrochoerus), . .154 



